Major league basseball player 1924-1925. Pitcher for the Brooklyn Robins.
Veteran - US Navy, WW I
Obituary published in the Columbus Commercial Dispatch
Monday, June 25, 1984
Former Columbus Police Chief James Newson [Newsome]
"Jim" Roberts, 88, of 616 S. Third Street, died Sunday at Columbus Hospital, Inc.
Services will be Tuesday, 2 p.m. Gunter and Holmes
Funeral Home, with Rev. Carey Sansing officiating. Burial
will be at Friendship Cemetery.
Visitation will be tonight, 7 to 9 o'clock, at the funeral home.
The son of the late James Newson and Susie Mitchell Roberts, Sr., he received his education at Mississippi State University. [A.and M. College]. He was a veteran of
World War I, having served in the U. S. Navy.
He was a professional baseball pitcher for 14 years. Known as "Big Jim", he joined with a Southern League team, the Pelicans, and was later with Detroit, Cincinnati, San
Antonio, Little Rock, Jersey City and was finally a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1925, he pitched against
Babe Ruth, and in 1926, his career ended after a hand injury.
After retiring from professional baseball, he entered the hardware business in his hometown of Artesia. When the Mississippi Highway Patrol was organized in 1938, he was
among the first to take the training and become a patrolman.
He later resigned and joined the Columbus Police Department. After one year, he was promoted to captain. From Jan 7, 1947 until Feb. 15, 1951, he served as chief of police. He remained on the force until he retired in 1967.
He was an avid sportsman, fisherman and hunter. He was a
Methodist and a member of the MSU Alumni Association,
Columbus Boat Club, Tennessee and Mississippi Sheriff's Peace Officers' Association and Mississippi Law
Enforcement Association. He was also a member of the National Peace Officers' Association of America, Columbus Police Association and Tuesday Night Supper Club.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Zula Juewett Harris Roberts, of Columbus; one daughter, Mrs. Sam Kuykendall, of Bessemer, Ala.' two granddaughters, Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Day Gates, of Mobile, Ala.' and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers include Michael Y. Day, William Broom,
Charleigh Ford, Lynn Smith, Parker George, Carl Robertson,
Emmett McElwain and Wilson Cox.
Honorary pallbearers include Dr. Frank J. Baird, A. T. Briley, A. E. Cline, Mayo Ellis, Jim Norwood, William Hairston, Ed Chapman, Bill Burgin, Louis Weiss, Hunter Gholson, Bob Savard, C. E. Farmer, Ed Keeton, Mose Ellard, Jimmy Garton, Henry Gunter, III, Ervin Wilburn, Burt Wilburn, Jr., and active and retired members of the
Columbus Police Department. (obit submitted by contributor Dixie)
Veteran - US Navy, WW I
Obituary published in the Columbus Commercial Dispatch
Monday, June 25, 1984
Former Columbus Police Chief James Newson [Newsome]
"Jim" Roberts, 88, of 616 S. Third Street, died Sunday at Columbus Hospital, Inc.
Services will be Tuesday, 2 p.m. Gunter and Holmes
Funeral Home, with Rev. Carey Sansing officiating. Burial
will be at Friendship Cemetery.
Visitation will be tonight, 7 to 9 o'clock, at the funeral home.
The son of the late James Newson and Susie Mitchell Roberts, Sr., he received his education at Mississippi State University. [A.and M. College]. He was a veteran of
World War I, having served in the U. S. Navy.
He was a professional baseball pitcher for 14 years. Known as "Big Jim", he joined with a Southern League team, the Pelicans, and was later with Detroit, Cincinnati, San
Antonio, Little Rock, Jersey City and was finally a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1925, he pitched against
Babe Ruth, and in 1926, his career ended after a hand injury.
After retiring from professional baseball, he entered the hardware business in his hometown of Artesia. When the Mississippi Highway Patrol was organized in 1938, he was
among the first to take the training and become a patrolman.
He later resigned and joined the Columbus Police Department. After one year, he was promoted to captain. From Jan 7, 1947 until Feb. 15, 1951, he served as chief of police. He remained on the force until he retired in 1967.
He was an avid sportsman, fisherman and hunter. He was a
Methodist and a member of the MSU Alumni Association,
Columbus Boat Club, Tennessee and Mississippi Sheriff's Peace Officers' Association and Mississippi Law
Enforcement Association. He was also a member of the National Peace Officers' Association of America, Columbus Police Association and Tuesday Night Supper Club.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Zula Juewett Harris Roberts, of Columbus; one daughter, Mrs. Sam Kuykendall, of Bessemer, Ala.' two granddaughters, Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Day Gates, of Mobile, Ala.' and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers include Michael Y. Day, William Broom,
Charleigh Ford, Lynn Smith, Parker George, Carl Robertson,
Emmett McElwain and Wilson Cox.
Honorary pallbearers include Dr. Frank J. Baird, A. T. Briley, A. E. Cline, Mayo Ellis, Jim Norwood, William Hairston, Ed Chapman, Bill Burgin, Louis Weiss, Hunter Gholson, Bob Savard, C. E. Farmer, Ed Keeton, Mose Ellard, Jimmy Garton, Henry Gunter, III, Ervin Wilburn, Burt Wilburn, Jr., and active and retired members of the
Columbus Police Department. (obit submitted by contributor Dixie)
Major league basseball player 1924-1925. Pitcher for the Brooklyn Robins.
Veteran - US Navy, WW I
Obituary published in the Columbus Commercial Dispatch
Monday, June 25, 1984
Former Columbus Police Chief James Newson [Newsome]
"Jim" Roberts, 88, of 616 S. Third Street, died Sunday at Columbus Hospital, Inc.
Services will be Tuesday, 2 p.m. Gunter and Holmes
Funeral Home, with Rev. Carey Sansing officiating. Burial
will be at Friendship Cemetery.
Visitation will be tonight, 7 to 9 o'clock, at the funeral home.
The son of the late James Newson and Susie Mitchell Roberts, Sr., he received his education at Mississippi State University. [A.and M. College]. He was a veteran of
World War I, having served in the U. S. Navy.
He was a professional baseball pitcher for 14 years. Known as "Big Jim", he joined with a Southern League team, the Pelicans, and was later with Detroit, Cincinnati, San
Antonio, Little Rock, Jersey City and was finally a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1925, he pitched against
Babe Ruth, and in 1926, his career ended after a hand injury.
After retiring from professional baseball, he entered the hardware business in his hometown of Artesia. When the Mississippi Highway Patrol was organized in 1938, he was
among the first to take the training and become a patrolman.
He later resigned and joined the Columbus Police Department. After one year, he was promoted to captain. From Jan 7, 1947 until Feb. 15, 1951, he served as chief of police. He remained on the force until he retired in 1967.
He was an avid sportsman, fisherman and hunter. He was a
Methodist and a member of the MSU Alumni Association,
Columbus Boat Club, Tennessee and Mississippi Sheriff's Peace Officers' Association and Mississippi Law
Enforcement Association. He was also a member of the National Peace Officers' Association of America, Columbus Police Association and Tuesday Night Supper Club.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Zula Juewett Harris Roberts, of Columbus; one daughter, Mrs. Sam Kuykendall, of Bessemer, Ala.' two granddaughters, Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Day Gates, of Mobile, Ala.' and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers include Michael Y. Day, William Broom,
Charleigh Ford, Lynn Smith, Parker George, Carl Robertson,
Emmett McElwain and Wilson Cox.
Honorary pallbearers include Dr. Frank J. Baird, A. T. Briley, A. E. Cline, Mayo Ellis, Jim Norwood, William Hairston, Ed Chapman, Bill Burgin, Louis Weiss, Hunter Gholson, Bob Savard, C. E. Farmer, Ed Keeton, Mose Ellard, Jimmy Garton, Henry Gunter, III, Ervin Wilburn, Burt Wilburn, Jr., and active and retired members of the
Columbus Police Department. (obit submitted by contributor Dixie)
Veteran - US Navy, WW I
Obituary published in the Columbus Commercial Dispatch
Monday, June 25, 1984
Former Columbus Police Chief James Newson [Newsome]
"Jim" Roberts, 88, of 616 S. Third Street, died Sunday at Columbus Hospital, Inc.
Services will be Tuesday, 2 p.m. Gunter and Holmes
Funeral Home, with Rev. Carey Sansing officiating. Burial
will be at Friendship Cemetery.
Visitation will be tonight, 7 to 9 o'clock, at the funeral home.
The son of the late James Newson and Susie Mitchell Roberts, Sr., he received his education at Mississippi State University. [A.and M. College]. He was a veteran of
World War I, having served in the U. S. Navy.
He was a professional baseball pitcher for 14 years. Known as "Big Jim", he joined with a Southern League team, the Pelicans, and was later with Detroit, Cincinnati, San
Antonio, Little Rock, Jersey City and was finally a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1925, he pitched against
Babe Ruth, and in 1926, his career ended after a hand injury.
After retiring from professional baseball, he entered the hardware business in his hometown of Artesia. When the Mississippi Highway Patrol was organized in 1938, he was
among the first to take the training and become a patrolman.
He later resigned and joined the Columbus Police Department. After one year, he was promoted to captain. From Jan 7, 1947 until Feb. 15, 1951, he served as chief of police. He remained on the force until he retired in 1967.
He was an avid sportsman, fisherman and hunter. He was a
Methodist and a member of the MSU Alumni Association,
Columbus Boat Club, Tennessee and Mississippi Sheriff's Peace Officers' Association and Mississippi Law
Enforcement Association. He was also a member of the National Peace Officers' Association of America, Columbus Police Association and Tuesday Night Supper Club.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Zula Juewett Harris Roberts, of Columbus; one daughter, Mrs. Sam Kuykendall, of Bessemer, Ala.' two granddaughters, Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Day Gates, of Mobile, Ala.' and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers include Michael Y. Day, William Broom,
Charleigh Ford, Lynn Smith, Parker George, Carl Robertson,
Emmett McElwain and Wilson Cox.
Honorary pallbearers include Dr. Frank J. Baird, A. T. Briley, A. E. Cline, Mayo Ellis, Jim Norwood, William Hairston, Ed Chapman, Bill Burgin, Louis Weiss, Hunter Gholson, Bob Savard, C. E. Farmer, Ed Keeton, Mose Ellard, Jimmy Garton, Henry Gunter, III, Ervin Wilburn, Burt Wilburn, Jr., and active and retired members of the
Columbus Police Department. (obit submitted by contributor Dixie)
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